SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland

Working on a talk to be given on the vigil of Feast of Blessed Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus OCD (3 Feb 2024), about Marie-Eugene's...

The other day somebody mentioned a book by the Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius OCD entitled Carmelite Spirituality. Then I noticed in...

Wonderful to discover that in the year of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Therese, UNESCO is officially recognising her...

Users of Facebook may not have come across the 'Friends of the OCDS' site. It is a very rich source of quotations, of prayers, of...

The influence of our great Carmelite saints extends far and wide and is to be found in the lives of all kinds of individuals in all walks...

Today was for many years the Feast of St Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562; nowadays 18 October), a Franciscan friar who was a huge support...

Ten years ago when I went to the Holy Land on a Carmelite Renewal Course I discovered for the first time that there are a great variety...

Unfortunately this arrived rather too late because it concerns a special day today, but I post it anyway. The Assembly of Catholic...

The Holy Father has published a new Apostolic Exhortation entitled 'C'est la confiance' - 'It is confidence' dedicated to St Therese. I...

News comes from the Carmelite Sisters at Haifa - which is on Mount Carmel. They tell us that the Northern part of Israel, where they...

It was not long ago that I came across the tradition of Our Lady of the Pillar, a Marian apparition celebrated on this day in the...

I have recently come across a 'Friends of the OCDS' site on Facebook. Whatever you think of Facebook, it has some virtues! Also a...

At this time of war in Israel, our thoughts go to our fellow Carmelites there. Ten years ago, I had the privilege of staying in the...

I was privileged to be present both when Pope Benedict beatified John Henry in Birmingham and at the canonisation in Rome in 2019. In my...

I have today received a request from Maryvale Institute in Birmingham for applications for their Bachelor of Divinity Course. For...

We Seculars are kept in touch with the wider world of Carmel and the Church through regular updates both from our office in Rome and...

One of the graces that has come out of the pandemic has been the spread of awareness of the new tools available to us for overcoming the...

Last Saturday, 30 September, a new venture at the Rosmini Centre near Leicester. Twenty or Thirty ladies gathered for a Womens' Day...

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